Atlanta Thrashers vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Tuesday, February 26, 2008 · Centre Bell

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SOG 27–33

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-1 on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Thrashers 33-27.

Chris Higgins scored twice. Maxim Lapierre, Ilya Kovalchuk, Andrei Markov and Sergei Kostitsyn also scored.

Carey Price made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 28 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
ATL	0	1	0	1	27
MTL	1	0	4	5	33

Scoring

1st period

Maxim Lapierre (5)Josh Gorges (6), Francis Bouillon (4)0–112:47 MTL

2nd period

Ilya Kovalchuk (41)Todd White (23), Mark Recchi (25)1–102:04 ATL · PPG

3rd period

Chris Higgins (20)Michael Ryder (12), Saku Koivu (34)1–202:10 MTL · PPG
Chris Higgins (21)Andrei Markov (37), Saku Koivu (35)1–304:56 MTL
Andrei Markov (13)Chris Higgins (19), Mark Streit (34)1–408:17 MTL · PPG
Sergei Kostitsyn (7)Guillaume Latendresse (7), Francis Bouillon (5)1–509:04 MTL

Team stats

ATLMTL

27Shots on goal33

50%Faceoff %50%

1/4Power play2/4

10Penalty minutes10

24Hits26

11Blocked shots22

14Giveaways7

7Takeaways11

Penalties

1st 06:12Michael Ryder · holding2 min
1st 10:18Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
1st 19:30Alexei Zhitnik · tripping2 min
2nd 01:04Andrei Markov · hooking2 min
2nd 08:19Tomas Plekanec · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 11:09Josh Gorges · interference2 min
3rd 01:08Alexei Zhitnik · holding2 min
3rd 07:34Joel Kwiatkowski · holding2 min
3rd 14:29Garnet Exelby · roughing2 min
3rd 14:29Michael Ryder · interference goalkeeper2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

8Mark RecchiR	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	19:40
12Todd WhiteC	0	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	45	20:58
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	0	1	0	3	2	2	0	–	22:48
10Bryan LittleC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	56	14:14
11Eric PerrinC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	16:56
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	–	16:05
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	53	14:49
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	60	11:45
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	100	10:13
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	–	09:14
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:36
49Colin StuartL	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	–	12:27
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	2	–	15:43
3Joel KwiatkowskiD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	2	–	14:28
22Ken KleeD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	18:09
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	20:47
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	–	27:13
77Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	–	17:21

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	L	33	28	5	.849	59:49

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

21Chris HigginsL	2	1	3	+1	5	0	0	0	–	18:23
11Saku KoivuC	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	0	50	17:37
51Francis BouillonD	0	2	2	+2	0	2	1	0	–	19:50
79Andrei MarkovD	1	1	2	+1	1	0	2	2	–	22:26
40Maxim LapierreC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	2	0	–	11:59
73Michael RyderR	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	4	–	12:40
74Sergei KostitsynL	1	0	1	+2	2	1	2	0	–	15:29
84Guillaume LatendresseL	0	1	1	+2	0	2	2	0	–	09:51
26Josh GorgesD	0	1	1	+3	1	0	2	2	–	16:03
32Mark StreitD	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	13:26
14Tomas PlekanecC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	63	17:32
22Steve BeginL	0	0	0	+1	1	5	0	0	58	11:51
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	0	6	1	2	0	–	18:12
46Andrei KostitsynL	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	–	16:44
54Mikhail GrabovskiC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	36	12:31
3Ryan O'ByrneD	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	–	15:04
8Mike KomisarekD	0	0	0	0	3	7	2	0	–	19:03
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	22:19

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Carey PriceG	W	27	26	1	.963	60:00
41Jaroslav HalakG		0	0	0	–	–